What do you all recommend as a good set?
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Thanks for the link, just ordered a set, along with a 5/8" reamer and a 12-28 UNF die for my distributor refurbishment work.I buy these... they are cheap, they last through 100s of holes in .120 to .625" mild steel.
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I don't tend to sharpen smaller bits (say smaller than .500") for two reasons. I usually buy them TiN ot TiAN coated so the sharpening ruins that, and my time to sharpen it is worth more than a $2.00 bit. Not that I place a high dolar value on my time, but that time spent sharpening a drill bit is time where I'm not making direct progress on whatever project I'm working on and time to do that is very valuable. In the case of the split-points it would take a set-up on the surface grinder to replicate all 4 cutting edges. Something that I could do, but am highly unlikely to do.TBH, I'm surprised at the notion of people buying new bits all the time. It's pretty easy to sharpen them when needed, ranging from using fancy diamond wheel self-contained tools to simple cheap grinder attachments, to just holding them against a grinder (needs some skills - but free). They can basically be reused many times until they get too short, which would take a very long time for most DIYers. Kinda like a chainsaw chain actually. Same idea, sharpen vs buy a new chain. I do get the impression that most folks take for granted that a chain should be sharpened, not so much the case for bits. Of course, it's pretty easy to sharpen a chain even for a novice, so a bit less intimidating than bits maybe.
Not a criticism, to each his own, but I'm wondering if folks tend to overestimate how difficult it is to sharpen bits. And it's a good feeling when that freshly sharpened bit you just did goes through steel like butta...